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paperless

4 4.0
Using digital files instead of paper
  • adjective
  • /ˈpeɪpərləs/
translation icon : digital
  • Our company is committed to going paperless by using digital records instead of paper documents.
  • Go paperless
  • paperless system

So the the transition is happening to the right side, a model centric way to do system engineering as think of paperless engineering.

Examples

  • The assessment is delivered on an interactive Internet platform that produces a paperless, electronic administration and online reports of results.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Data is now updated, available virtually, sortable, and paperless.

    Academic text (2012)
  • My question is how can I go paperless for both my life and business?

  • I also use it to create a paperless life or as close to it as possible.

  • So much for the paperless office we had once been promised.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • " We have, to a significant degree, a paperless office.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • You want to go paperless, but are not sure where to start.

    Blog text (31)
  • So I'm running a paperless office, which is amazing.

  • As I've already told Barb, we are a paperless household.

  • Last year, one region quadrupled its customer signups for paperless billing with their Team DOT.

    Blog text (12)

Antonyms

798 2.7

About real material things you can see or touch

Surface Forms

paperless positive

Morphology

paperless = paper (transparent) = paper + less

Clear composition 'paper' + '-less' meaning 'without paper', corresponding to not using or requiring paper.

Etymology

Paperless combines paper and -less, where paper means 'sheets you write on' and -less means 'without', as in homeless ('without a home'). So a paperless office or system works 'without' paper, using digital files instead.